Neville Powell

Neville Powell (born 2 September 1963) is a Welsh football manager and former professional player who was most recently director of football at Aberystwyth Town.

Neville Powell

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-09-02) 2 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Flint, Flintshire, Wales
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1984	Tranmere Rovers	86	(4)
1984–1992	Bangor City
1993–1996	Connah's Quay Nomads	89	(6)
Managerial career
1993–2007	Connah's Quay Nomads
2007–2016	Bangor City
2017–2019	Aberystwyth Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Powell began his playing career at Tranmere Rovers, making a goalscoring debut for the club at the age of 17 on 1 March 1981 in a match against Torquay United.^[1] He left the club in 1984 having made 86 appearances for the Prenton Park club, scoring four goals.^[2] He went on to spend eight years with Bangor City, playing for the club in the first season of the Welsh Premier League.

In 1993, he took over as player-manager of Connah's Quay Nomads, where his playing career came to an end following a broken leg sustained during a game against Llansantffraid on the opening day of the 1996–97 season.^[1] After 14 years in charge at Connah's Quay, Powell took over as manager of Bangor City in 2007, replacing Steve Bleasdale.^[3]

Bangor under Neville Powell have been very successful, beating FC Honka in the Europa League 3–2 on aggregate in July 2010, also winning the Welsh Cup for three consecutive years (2008–2010) and winning the Welsh Premier League in the 2010–11 season after starting the season with 15 consecutive wins, a run which was acknowledged across Europe.

On 25 July 2016, news broke that Neville Powell had been "relieved of his duties", according to a statement released by the club.

On 11 July 2017, Powell was named as manager of Aberystwyth Town. On 28 March 2018 the club announced Powell would become director of football and Irish coach Seamus Heath would become manager.^[4]

On 6 May 2020, Powell left Aberystwyth Town.^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tranmere Rovers	1981–82	Fourth Division							–
	1982–83								–
	1983–84								–
	Total								0	0	86	4
Bangor City	1984–85	Northern Premier League							–
	1985–86								4
	1986–87								–
	1987–88	Northern Premier League Premier Division							–
	1988–89								–
	1989–90								–
	1990–91								–
	1991–92								–
	1992–93	League of Wales							–
	Total
Connah's Quay Nomads	1993–94	League of Wales							–
	1994–95								–
	1995–96								–
	Total		95	36					0	0	89	6
Career total									0	0

Managerial statistics

As of 16 October 2010

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
Connah's Quay Nomads		May 1993	9 May 2007	494	193	124	177	766	746	039.07
Bangor City		9 May 2007	25 July 2016	141	77	26	38	283	169	054.61
Aberystwyth Town		11 July 2017	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Total				635	270	150	215	1,044	915	042.52

Honours

Player

Bangor City

• Northern Premier League runner-up: 1986–87
• Welsh Cup: finalist 1984–85

• Northern Premier League President's Cup: 1989

Connah's Quay Nomads

• Welsh League Cup: 1995–96

Managerial

Connah's Quay Nomads

• Welsh League Cup: 1995–96

Bangor City

• Welsh Premier League: 2010–11
• Welsh Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10; finalist 2010–11
• Welsh League Cup; finalist 2008–09, 2017–18

Individual

• Welsh Premier League Manager of the Month: January 2018, December 2011, December 2010, September 2010, December 2009, November 2007
• Welsh Premier League Manager of the Year: 2009–10, 2010–11

Notes

1. Includes FA Cup, Welsh Cup
2. Includes League Cup

References

1. "Neville Powell – Bangor City". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
2. "Neville Powell". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
3. "Bangor appoint Powell as manager". BBC Sport. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
4. "Powell returns to the WPL as Aberystwyth manager". welsh-premier.com. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Club Announcement".

External links

• Welsh Premier profile